Author: Winston Groom
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307455742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history. In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with a thousand cavalrymen of the First United States Dragoons. When his fantastic expedition ended a year and two-thousand miles later, the nation had doubled in size and now stretched from Atlantic to Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as its unique destiny. Kearny's March has all the stuff of great narrative history: hardships on the trail, wild Indians, famous mountain men, international conflict and political intrigue, personal dramas, gold rushes and land-grabs. Winston Groom plumbs the wealth of primary documentation--journals and letters, as well as military records--and gives us a sleek, exciting account that captures our imaginations and enlivens our understanding of the sometimes dirty business of country-making.
Kearny's March
Author: Winston Groom
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307455742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history. In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with a thousand cavalrymen of the First United States Dragoons. When his fantastic expedition ended a year and two-thousand miles later, the nation had doubled in size and now stretched from Atlantic to Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as its unique destiny. Kearny's March has all the stuff of great narrative history: hardships on the trail, wild Indians, famous mountain men, international conflict and political intrigue, personal dramas, gold rushes and land-grabs. Winston Groom plumbs the wealth of primary documentation--journals and letters, as well as military records--and gives us a sleek, exciting account that captures our imaginations and enlivens our understanding of the sometimes dirty business of country-making.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307455742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history. In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with a thousand cavalrymen of the First United States Dragoons. When his fantastic expedition ended a year and two-thousand miles later, the nation had doubled in size and now stretched from Atlantic to Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as its unique destiny. Kearny's March has all the stuff of great narrative history: hardships on the trail, wild Indians, famous mountain men, international conflict and political intrigue, personal dramas, gold rushes and land-grabs. Winston Groom plumbs the wealth of primary documentation--journals and letters, as well as military records--and gives us a sleek, exciting account that captures our imaginations and enlivens our understanding of the sometimes dirty business of country-making.
Kearny's March
Author: Winston Groom
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307701417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history. In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with a thousand cavalrymen of the First United States Dragoons. When his fantastic expedition ended a year and two-thousand miles later, the nation had doubled in size and now stretched from Atlantic to Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as its unique destiny. Kearny's March has all the stuff of great narrative history: hardships on the trail, wild Indians, famous mountain men, international conflict and political intrigue, personal dramas, gold rushes and land-grabs. Winston Groom plumbs the wealth of primary documentation--journals and letters, as well as military records--and gives us a sleek, exciting account that captures our imaginations and enlivens our understanding of the sometimes dirty business of country-making.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307701417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history. In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with a thousand cavalrymen of the First United States Dragoons. When his fantastic expedition ended a year and two-thousand miles later, the nation had doubled in size and now stretched from Atlantic to Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as its unique destiny. Kearny's March has all the stuff of great narrative history: hardships on the trail, wild Indians, famous mountain men, international conflict and political intrigue, personal dramas, gold rushes and land-grabs. Winston Groom plumbs the wealth of primary documentation--journals and letters, as well as military records--and gives us a sleek, exciting account that captures our imaginations and enlivens our understanding of the sometimes dirty business of country-making.
General Stephen W. Kearny and the Conquest of California (1846-7)
Author: Valentine Mott Porter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Pageant of America
The Winning of Freedom
Author: William Wood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Pageant of America: The winning of freedom, by William Wood and R.H. Gabriel
Author: Ralph Henry Gabriel
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California
Author: John Taylor Hughes
Publisher: Topeka, Kan., The author
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
A soldier's personal account of the Mexican War of 1846-48, experienced as a member of the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Alexander Doniphan.
Publisher: Topeka, Kan., The author
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
A soldier's personal account of the Mexican War of 1846-48, experienced as a member of the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Alexander Doniphan.
Southern California Quarterly
Author:
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Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
A Report on Certain Material for the History of Arizona and New Mexico
Author: Thomas Maitland Marshall
Publisher:
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Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description